God’s dice always have a lucky roll.
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
Success, remember is the reward of toil.
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
A man growing old becomes a child again.
The golden eye of justice sees, and requites the unjust man.
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
As sight is in the eye, so is the mind in the soul!